Psalms 13:1
How long, Lord, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 10:12Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.
Psalms 35:17How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their roaring, my precious life from the lions.
Psalms 74:1Why, O God, have you spurned us forever? Why smokes your wrath against the sheep of your pasture?
Psalms 85:5Will you cherish your anger against us forever, prolonging your wrath to all generations?
Psalms 90:14Grant us your love to the full in the morning, that all our days we may shout for joy.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 13:1
This psalm is the deserted soul's case and cure. Whether it was penned upon any particular occasion does not appear, but in general, I. David sadly complains that God had long withdrawn from him and delayed to relieve him, ver. 1, 2 . II. He earnestly prays to God to consider his case and comfort him, ver. 3, 4 . III. He assures himself of an answer of peace, and therefore concludes the psalm with joy and triumph, because he concludes his deliverance to be as good as wrought, ver. 5, 6 . Read the whole commentary →